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Tony White
Just Received in the Mail
Book cover - frontI just received a preview copy of this recently published book (full disclosure, I was invited to write a short essay that is one of ten in this book).Matthew Carson, Russet Lederman, and Olga Yatskevich edited the book, in association with the International Center of Photography Library, Photobook Facebook Group, and the
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Sara Macel
Studio Visit: Maureen Drennan
Yesterday, as the sun set over my studio by Cooper Park and my time as guest blogger for Camera Club also came to an end, I spent a few hours talking about photography, love, and the pleasures of getting lost with one of my favorite photographers Maureen Drennan. During our visit, Maureen shared with
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Sara Macel
Photo Book: “All the Queens Men” by Katie Murray
[caption id="attachment_3221" align="aligncenter" width="650"] "All the Queens Men" - Daylight Books, Photo by Katie Murray[/caption] Katie Murray is a Queens native and photographer / video artist / photo professor that I had the wonderful experience of meeting over cocktails at Noorman's Kil in Williamsburg earlier this summer. Katie and I are both publishing our first
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Sara Macel
DIY Camera Obscura
Apologies for the lack of posts last week. I was on a road trip from Brooklyn to North Carolina to attend the opening of my solo show "May the Road Rise to Meet You" at Daylight and drop off framed pieces for a group exhibition called "Road Trip" at the Hickory Museum of Art next
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Sara Macel
Studio Visit: Rachel Styer
Recently, I spent the afternoon with one of my favorite humans on the planet, the talented artist Rachel Styer, in her studio talking about the therapeutic quality to making art, levitation, and falling in love. Rachel and I recorded our conversation, and despite the quality not being awesome thanks to the hum of the AC
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Sara Macel
“A Different Kind of Order” – The ICP Triennial
Last weekend, after visiting CCNY's Zine and Self-Published Photo Book Fair, I wandered over to ICP for a visit to their bookstore. I walked over with the intention of picking up a signed copy of Todd Hido's new book "Excerpts from Silver Meadows," which I did, along with the new 3rd edition of Taryn
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Sara Macel
CCNY’s Zine & Self-Published Photo Book Fair
This weekend at CCNY is The Americas: CCNY's 4th Annual Zine & Self-Published Photo Book Fair. Stop by this Sat. and Sun. 8/3-4/13 from 12-6pm to browse tons of titles and support DIY art books. As stated on the CCNY site: "The curators – Jade Berreau, Lindsey Castillo, Victoria Gondra and Erik van der Weijde
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Sara Macel
Artist Spotlight: Andrew Miksys
Recently, I was checking in with the great online blog Ignant, and I ran across a series called "Bingo" by photographer and artist Andrew Miksys. The bingo halls and eccentric cast of characters in Miksys's images struck a familiar chord with me having spent time every summer as a kid in the bingo halls of
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Sara Macel
Don’t Look Back: The CCNY Staff Show
[caption id="attachment_3114" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo courtesy of CCNY[/caption] Last week, I attended the opening reception of the CCNY staff group show titled Don't Look Back that was co-curated by I-Hsuen Chen and Alexander Perrelli. The show is up through this Saturday, July 27th. It is always interesting to me with group shows where each artist is
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Sara Macel
Photo Book: “Road Ends in Water” by Eliot Dudik
[caption id="attachment_3126" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Photo by Sara Macel[/caption] I first came across Eliot Dudik’s incredible self-published photo book Road Ends in Water at Carte Blanche Gallery in San Francisco where both our books were featured in a show curated by Larissa Leclair of the Indie Photobook Library and Darius Himes of Radius Books. And thanks